LEELANAU COUNTY, MI – A 32-year-old woman was arrested for drunken driving while taking her 4-year-old to school on Wednesday, Feb. 5, police said.

A Leelanau County sheriff’s deputy stopped the woman’s car for defective equipment on Wednesday morning as she drove along South West Bay Shore Drive near Peck Road in Suttons Bay Township.

The deputy noted signs of intoxication and an odor of alcohol. The woman denied drinking, and said she was taking her child to school. She did say, however, that she had been out until 2 a.m. drinking.

She failed field sobriety tests, and was arrested for operating while intoxicated, authorities said. A breath test at the jail allegedly showed her blood-alcohol was at 0.08 percent – the state’s definition of intoxication.

The woman was allowed to call a friend to the scene to take her child to school.
Police are seeking a charge of child endangerment in addition to drunken driving.

Child endangerment can be filed when a drunken driver has a passenger under 16, police said.